Support or holder for wheels or light vehicles.



No.'66l,677 Patented Nov. I3, |900.

` s. TAYLon. SUPPORT 0R HOLDER FUR WHEELS .ORLIGHT VEHICLES.

(Application lednay 14, 1900.)

(No Mod-el.)

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

SAM TAYLOR, OF CLAYTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUPPORT OR HOLDER FOR WHEELS OR LIGHT VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,677, dated November13', 1900.

Application filed May 1'4, 1900. Serial. No. 16,587. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residingat Clayton, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports or Holders forWheels or Light Vehicles,.of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Thisinvention relates to supports or holders for wheels, bicycles, andother light vehicles of this class; and the object thereof is toprovidean improved device for this purpose which is simple in construction andoperation and which is portable and may be placed wherever such a deviceis required.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following speciiication, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by the same reference characters ineach of the views, and in which- Figurel is a side elevation of myimprovement, showing a wheel supported thereby; Fig. 2, a front view ofthe u pright portion of the device with the movable parts removed; Fig.3, a sectional plan View of the apparatus as shown in Fig. 1, butshowing the parts in a different position; Fig. 4, a view similar toFig. 3, showing the method of the operation of the device; and Fig. 5, asectional side view showing the parts in a position different from thatshown in Figs. 3 and 4.

In the practice of my invention I provide a device for lthe purposespecified which preferably comprises an upright or standard A, providedwith any suitable base ot, which is also preferably connected with theupright A by a brace cand secured to the upper portion of the upright Ais a casing B, which is preferably rectangular in cross-section, and theouter-end side walls of which are flared outwardly, as shown at b.

Mounted in the casing B and adapted to slide therein is a member C,having a shank C2, which, as shown in the drawings, is formedindependently of and secured to the member C, as shown at C3 in Fig. 5,and the member C is provided at its inner end with a head C4 and at itsouter end with a head C5. The

shank C2 of the member C passes through the upright A and preferablythrough a plate a3, secured thereto, and said shank C2 is composed oftwo parts, the outer section orinem- Cs thereof being hinged thereto, asshown at- CG, and provided with a knob or handle C7. Pivotally connectedwith the inner end of kthe member C are two similar clamp-jaws D,

vice are designed to clamp and hold the rim 'and tire of a wheel, asshown in Figs. l and 4, and in Fig.'1 I have shown a wheel E held inposition by my improved support, and in Fig. 4 I have shown a section ofthe tire and rim of this Wheel.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and thefollowing statement thereof.

It will be seen that the member CS of the shank C2, together with theknob or handle C7, is adapted to swing vertically when the slidingmember C is in its innermost position in the casing B, and when thedevice is to be used the knob or handle C7 is raised into a horizontalposition and shoved inwardly, as shown in Fig. 3. This operation forcesthe clamping-jaws outwardly, as shown in said figure, when a wheel maybe inserted between said jaws, as shown in Fig. l. In this operation thetire of the wheel strikes the head C5 of the sliding member C and forcessaid member back into the position shown in Fig. 4, and in thisoperation the clamping jaws are forced inwardly by the sides b of thecasing B and caused to securely grasp and hold the rim and-tire of awheel, and at the same time the knob or handle CT drops downwardly intothe position shown in Fig. 5. In order to release the wheel, all that isnecessary is to raise the knob or handle and force the sliding member Coutwardly into the position shownin Fig. 3. rlhis device is simple inconstruction and operation and perfectly adapted to accomplish theresult for which itis intended and may be used in connection with asingle wheel for exhibition purposes or to support a bicycle for thesame or other purposes.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecurebyLetters Patentl. A device of the class described, comprising anupright provided at one side with a hollow casing, the end walls ofwhich are beveled outwardly at the sides thereof, a sliding membermounted in said casing and provided with a shank which passes throughthe upright, said sliding member being also provided with two jaws whichare pivotally connected with the innerend thereof, and being alsoprovided at its outer end with a head, and the shank of said slidingmember being provided with a hinged member having a knob or handle,substantially as shownv and described.

2. A device of the class described, comprising an upright support, ahollow casing secured to one side thereof, a sliding member mounted insaid casing and provided at its inner end with ashank which passesloosely through the support, and jaws pivotally connected with saidsliding member near its inner end and which project outwardly/throughsaid casing, said jaws being adapted tov be forced out of said casing bysaid shank, substantially as shown and described.

3. A device ofthe class described, comprising an upright support, ahollow casing secured to one side thereof, a sliding. member mounted insaid casing and provided at'its inner end with a shank which passesthrough the support, and jaws pi votally connected with said slidingmember near its inner end and which project outwardly through saidcasing, said sliding member being also provided at its outer end with ahead, and the shank of said sliding member being provided with a hingedsection, substantially as shown a'di described.

In a device of the class described, a hollow casing which is adapted atone end to be sedured to a suitable support, and the other end of whichis open, asliding member mounted in said casing and provided at itsinner end with a shank which is adapt-ed to be passed through saidsupport, and jaws pivotally connected with said sliding member, andladapted to project from the open end of said casing,

,said sliding member being also provided with a head which projectsoutwardly from the piv otal` connection of said jaws, substantially asshown and described.

5. In a device of the class described, a hollow casing which is adaptedat one end to be secured to a suitable support, and the other end ofwhichis open, a'sliding member mounted in said casing and provided atits inner end with a shank which is adapted to be passed through saidsupport, and jawspivotally con- SAM TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

HENRY GEORGE ROBINSON, DANIEL W. MANVEL.

